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Other coins from this collection Other coins from United Kingdom This coin is not for sale or trade Added on: 10-Jun-2007
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Description:
UK - Model 1p - Unknown
Model 1p from Queen Victoria's reign. Unfortunately no year on it to identify how old it is.
These were done as test coins and one of the first bi-metallic coins ever created
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Europe
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Comments:
Author - Vfox
Comment: If I remember correctly the 1792 US birch cent was the first Bimet, copper with a silver dot in the center.
Date: 11-Jun-2007
Author - Johnny1989
Comment: Thanks for the info, I think they may have experimented with them over here as far back as Charles II but they were crudely done, normally a copper plug added randomly to the coin
Date: 14-Jun-2007
Author - RHM
Comment: My reference says these were minted in 1844 by Joseph Moore of Allen & Moore of Birmingham. Reference is X#9, X#9a, X#9b or X#9c depending on the composition.
Date: 10-Jul-2009
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